Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-06

: ssueh them up IN any way. Ihi'
shsu The Puyaliup farm vas nsafly
ii alumps; when posatoes we're almost
lersl tandsr there; when We used @
i sstesn miles 70 the blacksmith shop
esrord. when We were the true blue
lancer. In part 10 crafty the ex'
s..s.ed wish Of many, part 70 crafty
nTself and Tor the novelty Of the
ling, . / am again for an hour On
- correspondence stool, looking over
= - vacant editorial chair, aud where
80 n.y 81" instead Of we" and
wrs.e 10 old-tme " familiar iaik
ssyle
There was = sort Of pa impromptu
s.rmsr,sclub on the cars the other day,
:. about thirty farmers were on Their
~ % seattle. There was plenty Of
ems-shsre Is always plenty Of time
nowadays. with trains always lats an
honror two. The talk turned on po-
,a,o raising. l had samples with me
raised on tie creamery farm, part from
umau potatoes planted whole, part
srou medium alus cut. the hrst showed
! large per centags Of small potatoes,
whlle he latter we're nearly all good
slss-soarcely a small potato among
shem. A vote taken there. ] think,
would have been favorable 70 cut seed.
Talk turned Upon storing potatoes
washhurn said not 70 store In bulk !
Ibestsr put them in rieks, with yentiia-
zion under them and COVERING Of
boards 10 she'd the rain and keep The
earth from coming in contact with the
potatoes when necessary 70 earth up.
M spscImens showed the potatoes
y hardly ripe yet" and the question
vas. had better dig while the weather
was ane, OF should | take the risk Of
digging In the raln7 Il was on this
point that the concurrent testimony
was, better let them stand and " hard.
ca the skin /" that 70 put them up in
'ricks properly ventilated was safe, even
@ vet; 80 was astonishing how soon
|shey would dry out 4 properly stored
and covered with boards"
Soon after, talking with Willis, Musl
eome and see my new kind Of pOta-
Toes one hundred and twenty-nins
pounds Of potatoes from two pounds
|oi seed" Thnnderbolt did you say
was the name Of themi" Well, that's
almost enough 10 !. kill them,r said
|nevsrsheless went over to the house 70
See them. They we're fine, sure
.saough. /" and suggested that ne call
.tAem the willis 10 get rid Of that
awful name The other kind ]
'eas = not remember the name Of
sew I do not think much Of this
..aaaFng Off after new kinds. II is
hsiier to oOnEine ourselves closer 70
Standard sorts and Improve them by
selection Of seed rather than 70 hunt
after the untried and unknown. This
'oi course. smaeks Of old fcgyssm,
bat to my Inind there is a good busi'
ness reason for Il beyond that Of sen.
timent. II San Francisco calls for our
potatoes, as abe frequently does, and
her merchants telegraph up fer = sup
ply. ter to one the order win come foI
Burbank Seedlings or ProliGcs; u mol
these, then some known old estab-
lishsd sorts. Write to them or tele
graph that We haven't got the Bur
banks. but can send them soms
= ThundeTbolts, and ninety -nins
chances cut Of = hundred they vii
tsll y0a 70 so 70 thunder with you
Thunderbolts; i was BaFbanks the,
ardered, not Thunderboits. Ina word
We need, within certain limits, 70 cate
10 public opinion aud usages in raisinl
what Il called for instead Of sestinl
ourselves up as teaehers
his applies TO fruit ~ well. We in
cline 20 run too much after new sort
and too great a number Of varieties
n were planting = pear orchard Of !
thousand trees, there shoald not b
mere than three. or. at most, foul
varieties; apples the same An As
tFaehAa, GrSYensteen or BALDWIN
each In their season when raising 70
market, or some enc or two standAEs
varieties, is Ear better than 70 atiemp
70 spread oat /" to cover the Who'll
ground and waste ones energies Ia 81
sAdleSs count Of ali sorts.
Last week eight carloads or ave nasle
Of dram tile was sold AZ PuyAliup i
two days. A year ago d would hay'
tAken nearer = month 10 talk ii
people into il, as one Of eur folk
said while commenting on this.
community that buys tile with lavisl
hand In such q country - this Is q
the high road 70 prosperity Mex
year il win be safe 70 say TIRES time